For Sonia take a different approach. Think design, think color. For example, if you eat stripey food or striated food like aspargus, you can depend on losing 10 pounds in a week.Sonia's signature colors are essential. Eat lots of red foods.

And black foods (aubergine par example).

Red and black/rouge et noir is a Sonia standard. Trying to attain the Frenchie XS figure by eating tons of leek soup? Forgetaboutit. Not a "Sonia" food, though chocolate is.

I have it on good authority that most French girls stay thin with the aid of romantic stress + Xanax.

I'll have to change my one-a-day brand.Where did I get the adorable red/black T-shirt with the lips? Is it from H&M? Yesterday, I tripped up to Bloomie's Sonia department for a quality check. This litte T was only $90. It will go with all the red peppers and eggplant I have to down to fit into the %$#@ SR things.

Back to the thin French girl - ciggies, sadly are a big factor in the pursuit of weight loss.

A closer look reveals a PENCIL. I will not have to take up smoking for the SR Regime.

You asked to see what I bought at H&M.

I am embarrassed to tell.Where you see a check mark= I bought it.Where you see an X mark-I didn't buy it, maybe not in that color.More to come.I put my toe back into Sonia, et voila, I've been bitten again. The Sonia obsession continues as does the regime.Yesterday I finally bought my ticket to Paris.

Great post, Carol! I love your little doodles here. And smart of you not to buy those skinny ?knit? skirts--yikes, one would definitely need the ciggy diet to get into those. We're going to be able to spot you anywhere in these wonderful bright colors!

Fun post, Carol, as usual, to start my (crazy)day in Philly.Did you know eggplants & tomatoes are of the "nightshade" family?As in "things that go bump in the night..." The darker side of the veggie kingdom,so I've heard...(?) hee-hee.Bill

quel success our Sonia is beautifull ! What an idea to work with H&M !!! I phone to la boutique of Anglet, but they said me that only 9 boutiques in France have Sonia,So it is impossible to buy if we are not at l'ouverture du magasin !!!! Dommage !I love SR Régime and Paris breakfast !!!

Only NINE H&M in all of France had the SR collection so one mustn't grumble HonI got a few returns today :)))))))and a bracelet or so...AND air-tight storage boxesMy knitwear experts say DO NOT HANG the sweaters!!Ya gotta fold em!

Hi Carol,When I was in Monaco and environs a year ago, I saw lots of thin French women and most of them smoked. Amongst all these smoking thin women I never saw anyone with good skin. They all looked old before their time. Smoking takes the oxygen right out of your skin. C'est dommage.Margaret

I found your delightfully delicious blog a few weeks ago and have been gobbling down huge swaths every day. So sign me up for the SR regimen!

Loved your diet hints. Striated foods are definitely calorie-free. As are all foods arranged in stripes-- including trifles, seven-layer cakes, and genoise. Peer down at just the right angle at spaghetti: heck, it's just a bunch of stripes, too.

In my new stripey obsession, happily induced by you, I discovered a plate called the Sagaform Striped Side Plate. Its stripes are almost almost in Sonia Rykiel colors and widths. It goes without saying that if you heap any food in any amount on such a plate-- well, it will be just like eating air.

This is a fun post. Will this be a fashion show of sorts? I love the drawings of the clothes. Oh and this IS the time to get off that excess we gain during winter. No matter whose line you buy... groan.

Carol I just LOVE your blog and your art work of Paris and all of it's goodies! You transport me right there. Sonia Rykiel is fab, a few years ago I was OBSESSED with one of her studded leather bags. if she ever does one for H+M I will be right at the front of the queue. Loving all your 'shopping ticks' you are my kind of shopper lol :-) x

Fantastic post! Really made me grin.I went to Paris for the second time ever last week, and fell so much in love with it again. It really is the most lovely city. Well done on getting your ticket again.Love your blog as much as I love Paris itself, adore your paintings.Thanks for making my day with your posts!

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♥carol gillott♥

l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it, now tripping over cobblestones, living in a 6th-floor garret on l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Read Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
I paint Paris breakfasts.